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Discussants at a roundtable on Bangladesh's economy at Prothom Alo's Karwan Bazar office on 21 May 2022

Prothom Alo Roundtable 'Inflation control should be given top priority'

Though the government has acknowledged the crisis, it has not taken enough initiatives to face the situation, said the discussants

File photo shows law minister Anisul Huq addressing the media.

Govt enacted DSA to prevent cybercrime: Law Minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said that with the progress of technology internet based crimes have also increased across the country which led the government to enact the Digital Security Act (DSA), ...

Children are having their meal at a daycare centre in Kushtia

Children’s daycare and working mothers’ dilemma

Daycare centres, privately run or in-house, are a big factor for working mother, especially for the mothers in urban areas who live in nuclear families

Health and family welfare minister Zahid Maleque

Non-communicable diseases behind 70pc of normal deaths: Health Minister

Our lifestyle and food habits are also responsible for increasing these deaths, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque

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Forex market Despite plunge in price dollar crisis persists

The current dollar crisis in Bangladesh has emerged as the additional income through export and remittance earnings is not enough to meet the import costs

Hajj registration deadline extended till 22 May

Hajj registration deadline extended till 22 May

The authorities have extended the registration deadline for hajj until 22 May while the banks will receive related fees until 21 May

Ministry of Public Administration

Four additional secretaries promoted, five bureaucrats transferred

The government has reshuffled the posts of nine senior bureaucrats in civil administration, including local government and health service division

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Bangladesh Bank officials' foreign trips cancelled

All orders issued in connection with foreign trips of Bangladesh Bank officials and employees have been cancelled

Govt approves Tk 2.46 trillion ADP for FY23

Govt approves Tk 2.46 trillion ADP for FY23

Tk 1,53,066.09 crore will come from the local sources while the rest of Tk 93,000 crore will be injected as project assistance

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Public hearing on proposed hike in bulk power tariff Wednesday

Power industry insiders said that it is obvious that if the bulk electricity tariff is raised, it will ultimately push up the tariff at retail level

Editorial

Unfortunate that police allegedly file cases to collect money

It cannot be accepted that an innocent person who leaves home for workplace in the morning, suddenly turns into a criminal after facing police

In this photograph taken on 15 April 2017, an Indian farmer harvests wheat in a field on the outskirts of Alwar in the western state of Rajastha

What India’s u-turn on wheat exports means for global markets

India was initially eyeing as much as 12 million tonnes of wheat exports in 2022/23, significantly higher than last year’s record exports of 7.2 million tonnes

Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and the Moderate Party's leader Ulf Kristersson hold a news conference in Stockholm, Sweden, on 16 May 2022

Putin warns Finland, Sweden over NATO membership

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced confidence Sunday that Sweden and Finland would join NATO despite Turkey’s opposition

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi

Bangladesh to face food shortage: BNP warns

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Monday warned that the country is going to face an acute crisis due to shortage of food and soaring prices of daily essentials

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Foreign trips of all govt officials now restricted: New circular

Foreign trips of all government officials, including officials of the statutory, state-owned, autonomous and semi-autonomous organisations and state-run companies and financial institutions, in the ...

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